Apeldoorn

Currently, with about 137,000 inhabitants, the biggest city on the Veluwe, the northern part of the province of Gelderland. It remained a village until the 19th century, although high water quality had led to a prosperous paper industry there. At the end of the 17th century, Apeldoorn became one of the residences of the Orange-Nassau family. The new palace Het Loo, with gardens by Daniel Marot (1661–1752), was built for Stadtholder William III in 1685–1686. Wilhelmina chose it as her residence in 1948–1962; afterward, it was turned into a museum dedicated to the family. Other attractions in Apeldoorn are the modern art museum CODA, the Dutch police museum, the Orpheus Theater, and the Apenheul primate zoo.